Using JWST's Mid-Infrared Instrument, the scientists honed in on stars, all between one and eight times the mass of the sun, ...

Astronomers have uncovered evidence that the Milky Way is currently merging with a massive galactic structure hidden within ...

A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...

They're called ghost particles for a reason. They're everywhere—trillions of them constantly stream through everything: our ...

They're called ghost particles for a reason. They're everywhere – trillions of them constantly stream through everything: our ...

Globular clusters are often described as ancient, tightly bound fossils of the early Milky Way. It has been believed that ...

Astronomers found an interstellar "tunnel" - a cosmic channel that connects our solar system to distant stars, according to a ...

A mysterious bar-shaped cloud of iron has been discovered inside the iconic Ring Nebula by a European team led by astronomers ...

Do all stars exist in galaxies, or do some exist in intergalactic space?Thomas GriffilthAtlantic City, New Jersey Nearly all ...

On Jan. 15, 2025, the Gaia spacecraft took its last image. Then the craft ran a final round of engineering tests, fired its thrusters to leave Earth behind, and slipped into an orbit around the Sun, ...

PD Dr Philipp Girichidis at Heidelberg University’s Centre for Astronomy provide insights into our place in the Milky Way and ...

For years, strange red dots in James Webb images left scientists puzzled. New research shows they are young black holes ...